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Hello and welcome to sportsday, with Katherine Downes and hugh woozencroft. The headlines this evening. Saracens are champions of europe again. They beat Clermont Auvergune to win back to back Champions Cup titles. Manchester city maintain their push for a place in the Champions League with a somewhat fortunate victory over Leicester City. And Manchester Citys women complete the treble, adding the fa cup to their league and Continental Cup titles. Also coming up in the programme. Lewis hamilton claims pole for the Spanish Grand Prix, by the finest of margins. And age is no barrier. Rugby leagu...

Change, strangely, xijinping change, strangely, xi jinping hasn't forced change, strangely, xijinping hasn't forced over 80s to the bacskay, they are more determined to try that, and they are relying on an activated virus vaccine that are much worse than the western vaccine that they didn't want to import for patriotic reasons. so this leaves some uncertainty, hopefully after one year of mistakes beijing will realise what the correct policy is. will realise what the correct policy is-— will realise what the correct oli is. . , . policy is. what is the correct oli , policy is. what is the cor...

Where 80% of the over—80s have recently had their autumn booster with an updated omicron—specific vaccine, and most of them will have had five jabs. early on in the pandemic, china built several covid hospitals in a matter of days, but nearly three years since coronavirus emerged, its vast population now has almost no natural immunity against it. they can't keep that virus out forever. it's a slippery eel, this virus, it is evolving and changing are getting more infectious and harder to control with lockdowns and segregation is in the way it has been in the past. i think the way out for ch...

To personal freedoms and livelihoods. zero—covid means zero tolerance of any coronavirus infections. that looks increasingly unsustainable in the face of the highly contagious omicron variant. china has relied almost entirely on its own vaccines. they are reasonably effective. a study in hong kong found that two doses of the chinese corona vaccine gave 70% protection against severe illness or death. but that compares to 90% protection from the us german vaccine of pfizer biontech. a key problem is china's low vaccination levels among older people. just over half of the over—60s have had th...

The booster campaign is delivering results. do you have any allergies to anything that you're aware of? and you are fit and well today? that's according to thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation, which says there is no immediate need for a second booster dose for care home residents and the over—80s. the first dose is very, very important and gives so much protection that at this point in time, so right now, at the start of the new year, we don't need to rush into giving anybody a second booster dose right now. we might need to do so later on in the year, but not at this point in...